SCW Tag Team Championship (Georgia)

{{short description|Professional wrestling tag team championship}}

{{Infobox pro wrestling championship

| championshipname = SCW Heavyweight Championship

| image =

| image_size =

| caption =

| promotion = Southern Championship Wrestling

| brand =

| created = 1988

| mostreigns = Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) (2)

| firstchamp = Tommy Rich and Ted Oates

| finalchamp = Billy Starr and Kareem Muhammad
(won 1990)

| longestreign = Thunder & Lightning (68 days)

| shortestreign =

| oldest =

| youngest =

| heaviest =

| lightest =

| pastnames =

| titleretired = 1990

| pastlookimages =

}}

The SCW Tag Team Championship was a professional wrestling tag team championship in Southern Championship Wrestling (SCW). It remained active until early-1990 when SCW was closed.

The inaugural champions were "Wildfire" Tommy Rich and Ted Oates, who defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and "Dirty" Dick Slater in a tournament final in 1988 to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions. Thunder & Lightning (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli) holds the record for most reigns, with two. At 68 days, Thunder & Lightning's first reign is the longest in the title's history. Overall, there have been 12 reigns shared between 11 wrestlers, with one vacancy, and 1 deactivation.

Title history

{{Professional wrestling title history top|team=yes}}

{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=1

|champion={{sort|Rich and Oates|Tommy Rich and Ted Oates}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988}}

|days=N/A

|location=Macon, Georgia

|event=SCW show

|notes=Rich and Oates defeated Bob Orton, Jr. and Dick Slater to become the first SCW Tag Team Champions.

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=2

|champion=Zebra Warriors

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=3

|champion={{sort|Rich and Prichard|Tommy Rich {{small|(2)}} and Steve Prichard}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988|07|22}}

|days=N/A

|location=Columbus, Georgia

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=4

|champion={{sort|Rich and Maggs|Tommy Rich {{small|(3)}} and Joey Maggs}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=5

|champion={{sort|Somers and Deaton|Doug Somers and Joel Deaton}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=6

|champion={{sort|Ross and Maggs|Ranger Ross and Joey Maggs {{small|(2)}}}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=7

|champion=Thunder & Lightning
{{small| (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli)}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988|10|23}}

|days={{age in days nts|month1=10|day1=23|year1=1988|month2=12|day2=30|year2=1988}}

|location=Alpharetta, Georgia

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref= {{cite web |first= |last= |author= |authorlink= |title=Biography |url=http://www.stevethebrawlerlawler.com/bio.htm |archiveurl= |work=Steve The Brawler Lawler's Bio |publisher=SteveTheBrawlerLawler.com |location= |trans-title=|page= |pages= |language= |doi= |archivedate= |quote= |accessdate=14 September 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://blogtalkradio.com/psp/2010/06/02/the-dave-danger-show.mp3 |title=The Dave & Danger Show: Steve "The Brawler" Lawler |author=Wills, Dave |author2=Mark Danger |date=June 1, 2010 |work=Georgia Wrestling History Radio Network |publisher=The Dave Danger Show |accessdate=October 13, 2011 }}

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=8

|champion={{sort|Ross and Mr. Wrestling II|Ranger Ross {{small|(2)}} and Mr. Wrestling II}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1988|12|30}}

|days=N/A

|location=Atlanta, Georgia

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=9

|champion=Thunder & Lightning
{{small| (Steve Lawler and Dino Minelli)}}

|reign=2

|date={{dts|1989}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=10

|champion=Georgia Power
{{small|(The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell)}}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1989}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=11

|champion={{sort|Atlanta and Golden|Mr. Atlanta and Mike Golden}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1989}}

|days=N/A

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=11.5

|type=vacated

|reign=

|date=

|days=

|location=

|event=SCW show

|notes=

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|number=12

|champion={{sort|Starr and Muhammad|Billy Starr and Kareem Muhammad}}

|reign=1

|date={{dts|1990|01|28}}

|days=N/A

|location=Griffin, Georgia

|event=SCW show

|notes=Starr and Muhammad defeated Georgia Power (The Nightmare and Jimmy Powell) to win the vacant title.

|ref=

}}{{Professional wrestling title history middle

|sort number=12.5

|type=deactivated

|reign=

|date={{dts|1990}}

|days=

|location=

|event=

|notes=SCW closed in early-1990 and Starr and Muhammad were the final champions in SCW as a company.

|ref=

}}

{{BundleEnd}}

References

;General

  • {{Cite book|author=Gary Will and Royal Duncan|title=Wrestling Title Histories|chapter=(Georgia) SCW Tag Team Title|publisher=Archeus Communications|year=2000|edition=4th|isbn=0-9698161-5-4}}

;Specific

{{Reflist}}

Category:Tag team wrestling championships